The Los Angeles River in 2013. Engineers turned it into a narrow concrete channel in the 1940s, after a flood destroyed homes and left 100 people dead in 1938.
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Jenna
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I think that sponge city is a great idea. I am worried about how stable the "sponge" will be when it is in intense heat or fill to the brim with water. I do agree that we should get ride of sewers and have a better system to collect water with. I thought this article was great because it also related to history.
I think that the sponge-like city is a really good idea. I agree with Jenna, because usually after a sponge soaks up water than it kind of shrivels up. I agree with the idea that this is a great way to collect water and stream it into the right place, but I am afraid that a sponge is not the most stable material and people might sink in it or bounce to much etc. But overall I think that a sponge-like city is a very good idea and that we should try it one day.
I think that the "sponge" city is a great idea. It would help with droughts very much. I think that doinng this to almost every house in a city would be a problem. There would be too much construction and not everyone would be up to having these changes. Another thing is that the plants might gather too much water (because they are drought resistant and are made to survive without water) and die
I think a city made of sponge-like material would be an incredible idea. While reading this article, I thought of another idea for water conservation. We already took one idea from the Romans, why not take just one more. In the atrium (the entrance hall) of a Roman house, there was a hole in the roof called the impluvium and a pool in the ground called the compluvium. Water would come through the hole into the pool, and water is then collected that way. The pool could have 2 major rainfalls in a row, and still wouldn’t overflow, because it would be about 3 ft. deep and about 5 ft. on both other dimensions. It would also have a shade to close if you didn’t want the sun shining in your house, or it was about to overflow. I think that the sponge idea is pretty cool.
It is a good idea though I never knew about the history of the LA river though I already knew it wasn't a real river and just a concrete wall that fills up every so often after rain and then empties out into a nearby ocean or sewer. Though when there is evaperation this plan fails so where there are cover-ups there are problems
This article/audio was interesting. I think that a sponge city would be a great idea. I have always wondered why we just throw away water into the drain if we need it so bad for this drought. Like the article said, the houses' roofs are turned over designed for snow, not for a drought condition. A sponge city would help us all greatly and would be a wonderful solution to our great drought.
It is a really smart idea and a good way to put biomimicry to use. But the sponge seems to have some flaws. It would help, but when sponges fill with water, they are no longer as useful. Like Derek and Jenna said, it's not that stable, and it might be mislodged too by the crowds of LA people "stepping on it". This was a great idea. It was cool, but when you actually put it to use or test it out, I think that they will find some minor, if not major, flaws.
7 comments:
I think that sponge city is a great idea. I am worried about how stable the "sponge" will be when it is in intense heat or fill to the brim with water. I do agree that we should get ride of sewers and have a better system to collect water with. I thought this article was great because it also related to history.
I think that the sponge-like city is a really good idea. I agree with Jenna, because usually after a sponge soaks up water than it kind of shrivels up. I agree with the idea that this is a great way to collect water and stream it into the right place, but I am afraid that a sponge is not the most stable material and people might sink in it or bounce to much etc. But overall I think that a sponge-like city is a very good idea and that we should try it one day.
I think that the "sponge" city is a great idea. It would help with droughts very much. I think that doinng this to almost every house in a city would be a problem. There would be too much construction and not everyone would be up to having these changes. Another thing is that the plants might gather too much water (because they are drought resistant and are made to survive without water) and die
I think a city made of sponge-like material would be an incredible idea. While reading this article, I thought of another idea for water conservation. We already took one idea from the Romans, why not take just one more. In the atrium (the entrance hall) of a Roman house, there was a hole in the roof called the impluvium and a pool in the ground called the compluvium. Water would come through the hole into the pool, and water is then collected that way. The pool could have 2 major rainfalls in a row, and still wouldn’t overflow, because it would be about 3 ft. deep and about 5 ft. on both other dimensions. It would also have a shade to close if you didn’t want the sun shining in your house, or it was about to overflow. I think that the sponge idea is pretty cool.
It is a good idea though I never knew about the history of the LA river though I already knew it wasn't a real river and just a concrete wall that fills up every so often after rain and then empties out into a nearby ocean or sewer. Though when there is evaperation this plan fails so where there are cover-ups there are problems
This article/audio was interesting. I think that a sponge city would be a great idea. I have always wondered why we just throw away water into the drain if we need it so bad for this drought. Like the article said, the houses' roofs are turned over designed for snow, not for a drought condition. A sponge city would help us all greatly and would be a wonderful solution to our great drought.
It is a really smart idea and a good way to put biomimicry to use. But the sponge seems to have some flaws. It would help, but when sponges fill with water, they are no longer as useful. Like Derek and Jenna said, it's not that stable, and it might be mislodged too by the crowds of LA people "stepping on it". This was a great idea. It was cool, but when you actually put it to use or test it out, I think that they will find some minor, if not major, flaws.
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